I'm remixing an R.E.M. track called 'I've Been High' from their last album, 'Reveal.' It's a beautiful song, but record execs didn't put it out as a single because it didn't sound like the R.E.M. we're used to. So I asked Michael Stipe if I could have the tapes to do a remix, and he agreed.
“Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.”
“The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.”